11: Community Designer Zahra Ebrahim

The importance of taking risks, the serious business of making a funny list, and giving yourself permission to trip.

In this episode I talk to designer and professor Zahra Ebrahim, the Founder and Principal of the design think tank and creative consultancy archiTEXT. Her work brings together diverse groups to tackle the intersections of architecture, design and creativity with social change, systems change, public engagement and problem solving.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Bassment Party – The Cool Kids

Anything Could Happen – Ellie Goulding

Get Down On It – Kool & the Gang

Everytime Tha Beat Drop – Monica (feat. Dem Franhize Boyz)

A Paw In My Face – The Field

Changes – 2pac

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Massive Change - by Jennifer Leonard and Bruce Mau | The IwB

Yes Please - by Amy Poehler

Watch List

The Experience Trap: Zahra Ebrahim at TEDxOCADU

Jenny Slate’s F-bomb on SNL

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

When Harry Met Sally

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